Dutch naval forces captured seven pirates and freed 20 captive fishermen after tracking the pirates to their "mother ship" in the western Gulf of Aden on Saturday, a NATO maritime spokesman said. It happened after pirates launched an unsuccessful attack on a petroleum tanker called the MT Handytankers Magic, Cmdr
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Crewman’s e-mail gives harrowing details of hijacking
An e-mail from one of the crewmen aboard the Maersk Alabama tells a gripping tale of sailors fighting back against pirates who had taken over their ship.
3 ‘phenomenal shots’ ended pirate hostage crisis
In the end, it was a single moment that brought the hostage crisis to its dramatic finish. Three gunshots. All three fatal.
Crew member says one pirate ‘taken down’
U.S. crew members have "taken down" one of the pirates who hijacked their vessel early Wednesday hundreds of miles off Somalia’s coast, one of the crew members told family members.